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LECTURE NOTES Flashcards

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1
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PRECAMBRIAN ERA TIME BEGINNING AND ENDING

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13.7 bya-570mya

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PRECAMBRIAN ERA IMPORTANT EVENT AT 13.7bya

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big bang occurs

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PRE CAMBRIAN ERA IMPORTANT EVENT AT 4.5bya

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earth forms

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PRE CAMBRIAN ERA IMPORTANT EVENT AT 3.5bya

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life beings in oceans

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PRECAMBRIAN ERA IMPORTANT EVENT AT 3.2 bya

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first life forms (fossils) of prokaryotes

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Where were two sources of precambrian life found?

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FIG TREE ROCK (S.AFRICA) and WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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IMPORTANT EVENT IN PRECAMBRIAN ERA at 2.5 billion years ago?

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multicellular life present

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PALEOZOIC ERA TIME SPAN

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570mya-280mya

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PALEOZOIC ERA- CAMBRIAN START-

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570mya

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PALEOZOIC ERA- ORDOVICIAN START-

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500 mya

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PALEOZOIC PERIOD SILURIAN START-

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430 mya

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PALEOZOIC PERIOD DEVONIAN START

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395 mya

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PALEOZOIC PERIOD CARBONIFEROUS START

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345mya

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PALEOZOIC PERIOD PERMIAN ERA START

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280mya

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MEZOZOIC PERIOD TRIASSIC START

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225mya

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MEZOZOIC PERIOD JURASSIC START

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190mya

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MEZOZOIC PERIOD CRETACIOUS TIME

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136mya

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CENOZOIC PERIOD TERTIARY START

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65mya

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CENOZOIC PERIOD QUARTERNARY START

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1.8mya

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CENOZOIC TERTIARARY PLIOCENE EPOCH START

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5mya

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TERTIARY MIOCENE EPOCH START

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23mya

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TERTIARY OLIGOCENE EPOCH START

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34mya

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TERTIARY EOCENE EPOCH START

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55mya

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TERTIARY PALEOCENE EPOCH START

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65mya

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CENOZOIC TIME FRAME

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1.8mya-65mya

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QUARTERNARY HOLOCENE START

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QUARTERNARY PLESITOCENE ERA START

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CAMBRIAN AGE NAME

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“AGE OF INVERTEBRATES”-floaters and trilobites present

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ORDOVICIAN ERA FINDS

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SILURIAN FINDS

A

JAWED FISH, AIR BREATHING ANIMALS, LAND PLANTS AND INSECTS

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DEVONIAN NAME

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“AGE OF FISHES”- AMPHIBIANS APPEAR

32
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CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD FINDS

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FIRST REPTILES, AMPHIBIAN RADIATION

33
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PERMIAN AGE FINDS

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REPTILE AND MAMMAL LIKE CREATURES APPEAR

34
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TRIASSIC PERIOD FINDS

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1st DINOSAURS, EGG LAYING MAMMALS and MARCUPIALS

35
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CRETACEOUS PERIOD FINDS

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THERAPSIDS-MAMMAL LIKE REPTILES

36
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K2 EXTINCTION EVENT TIME

37
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WHO FOUND THE k2?

38
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FEATURES OF PRIMATES

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generalized limbs, mobile digits, opposable thumbs, sensitive digits, no claws, small snout, bigger brain

39
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Plesiadapiformes

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only fossil from paleocene era, a primate like mammal and forward facing eyes

40
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Dermoptera

A

flying squirrel

41
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carpolestes

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5 fingers and toes, opposable thumbs, arboreal, but unable to leap

42
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scandentia

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tree shrew-Hunan-2133/3133 dentation

43
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PALEOCENE NAME

A

PRIMATE LIKE MAMMALS

44
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EOCENE PERIOD

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HEY DAY OF PROSIMIANS (ADAPOIDS AND OMOYOIDS)

45
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ADAPOID-AMPHIPITHECIDS

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found in ASIA

46
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ADAPOID-NORTHCARCITIDS

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found in NOrth America

47
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ADAPOID-MAHGARITA

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LAST adapoid in N.America

48
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ADAPOID- CANTIUS

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diurnal creature

49
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ADAPOID-ADAPIS

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discovered by Cuvier

50
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OMOYOID-Eusmids

51
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OMOYOID-ROONEYIA

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last one in N.America

52
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OMOYOID- NECROLEMUR

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closely related to Tarsiers, fused lower leg bones)

53
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OMOYOID-TEILHARDINA

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found on 3 continents, most PRIMITIVE found in Asia

54
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ELWYN SIMONS

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professor who did studies in Egypt-El Fayum

55
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OLGIOCENE PERIOD NAME

A

GREAT ADAPOID RADIATION

56
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WHAT DID SIMMONS FIND?

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PARAPITHICUS-related to NEW world monkey
BIRTETIA-most complete remains
Angyptopithecus- ancestor of old world monkeys and hominids
Catopithecus- anthropoid features and catarrhine features

57
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MIOCENE- 23-5 mya

A

RISE AND FALL OF THE APES

58
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Proconsulids

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APES- 23mya to 13mya FIRST DENTAL APES

59
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PROCONSULIDS WERE FOUND WHERE AND BY WHO?

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MARY LEAKEY IN THE 1940’s in RUSINGA ISLANDS

60
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DRYOPITHECUS

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SALVADOR MOYA SOLA- 16mya to 8mya APE outside of africa

61
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SIVAPITHECUS-8mya

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INDIA parents of orangutans

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